DEEP PURPLE – «Whoosh!» (2020)
Deep Purple has been on an incredible form in their later years. The release of Now What?! in 2013 was a notable step up in […]
Album Reviews
HÄLLAS – «Conundrum» (2020)
Don’t you sometimes wish that new albums could still be released that sounds like they used to in your formative years? Personally, I miss is […]
L.A. Witch – «Play With Fire» (2020)
L.A. Witch first popped up on my radar in 2015, which is a bit crazy as they were very young and undiscovered teens at the […]
KANSAS – «The Absence of Presence» (2020)
In 2020, Kansas returned with their second “new line-up”-album, and their first since 2016. The well-known faces of Steve Walsh, Robbie Steinhardt, Dave Hope and […]
RICK WAKEMAN – «The Red Planet» (2020)
Rick Wakeman’s return to classic prog was long overdue, but this year finally saw the release of his first prog album since Out There (2003). […]
MARKO HIETALA – «Mustan Sydämen Rovio»(a.k.a. «Pyre of the Black Heart») (2019)
My favourite album of 2019 is a dark odyssey through loss, separation, self-doubt, depression, and ultimately survival and strong statements of intent. This is heavy […]
WKW – «Men of Steel» (2019)
WKW – or Bruce and Jamie Watson presents: Watson Kercheval Watson, if you want to go with the fullest possible version of the project name […]
STATUS QUO – «Backbone» (2019)
I have been a Status Quo fan since the mid-1980s, eventually becoming a die-hard fan when I started exploring their back catalogue. My starting point wasn’t […]
THE COATHANGERS – «The Devil You Know» (2019)
The three young ladies that make up The Coathangers look like they couldn’t be more different. Julia Kugel-Montoya (guitar and vocals) appears like your archetypical relaxed, […]
PRISTINE – «Road Back To Ruin» (2019)
They are Pristine, and they are the hottest band north of the Arctic Circle! Hailing from Tromsø in Norway (in case you don’t know, that’s […]
THE WHO – «Who» (2019)
2019 was an amazing year for fans of “the big four” from the 1960s. With several 50th anniversaries for classic 1969 albums, we got lavish […]
LIV SIN – «Burning Sermons» (2019)
Liv Sin is both a band and the rock’n’roll alias of Liv Jagrell. She is most known as the lead singer for Swedish metal band […]
ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM – «Rosalie Cunningham» (2019)
When Rosalie Cunningham decided to disband Purson a few years ago, we were left wondering what that meant in practice. Purson was in effect a […]
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM – «South of Reality» (2019)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium is an American psychedelic rock band featuring bassist/vocalist Les Claypool (known from Primus) and Sean Lennon (still primarily known as his […]
MAGIC PIE – «Fragments of the 5th Element» (2019)
The fifth studio album from Norwegian progressive hard rockers Magic Pie seems to have reached far beyond the Norseland region. The band has released several […]